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Accelerating IntelligenceWed, 13 Dec 2017 10:17:28 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1By: Michael Zeldichhttp://www.kurzweilai.net/seniors-to-robots-dont-get-too-familiar/comment-page-1#comment-48189
Michael ZeldichSat, 03 Nov 2012 07:40:55 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=168892#comment-48189That problem will extinct with the subjective robots capable to behave reasonably, so people will believe that they do possess a consciousness.That problem will extinct with the subjective robots capable to behave reasonably, so people will believe that they do possess a consciousness.
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ClydeTue, 30 Oct 2012 00:17:51 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=168892#comment-47191Elementary and naturally, to each his own. Meaning, each person will determine the extent of Robot help, duties, etc. or non-help (i.e. it's programing). Therefore, said is a non-issue.
I welocme the basic total Robot help, etc. I posit, as The Singularity evolves, Robots will have more interaction, significance, trust in them than
some (note, I said "some people") have in human beings.
The Huxley "Brave New World" is condemned! The Kurzweil Singularity New World I highly esteem. Therein, is my hope for the future.Elementary and naturally, to each his own. Meaning, each person will determine the extent of Robot help, duties, etc. or non-help (i.e. it’s programing). Therefore, said is a non-issue.

I welocme the basic total Robot help, etc. I posit, as The Singularity evolves, Robots will have more interaction, significance, trust in them than
some (note, I said “some people”) have in human beings.

The Huxley “Brave New World” is condemned! The Kurzweil Singularity New World I highly esteem. Therein, is my hope for the future.

]]>By: Dennis R.http://www.kurzweilai.net/seniors-to-robots-dont-get-too-familiar/comment-page-1#comment-47154
Dennis R.Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:16:59 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=168892#comment-47154Most seniors don't like nursing homes or assisted-living facilities for similar reasons-- their loss of independence. I suspect most would prefer living at home having a robot change their soiled "adult" diapers rather than a minimum wage employee in an institutional setting.Most seniors don’t like nursing homes or assisted-living facilities for similar reasons– their loss of independence. I suspect most would prefer living at home having a robot change their soiled “adult” diapers rather than a minimum wage employee in an institutional setting.
]]>By: Bennie Beaverhttp://www.kurzweilai.net/seniors-to-robots-dont-get-too-familiar/comment-page-1#comment-47087
Bennie BeaverMon, 29 Oct 2012 17:42:19 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=168892#comment-47087Depending on just how advanced that robot is, I'd trust a robot over stories I've heard about human assistance, any day. Industry can make one robot, that has those limits, for that other person, and make on that does it all for me.Depending on just how advanced that robot is, I’d trust a robot over stories I’ve heard about human assistance, any day. Industry can make one robot, that has those limits, for that other person, and make on that does it all for me.
]]>By: Gorden Russellhttp://www.kurzweilai.net/seniors-to-robots-dont-get-too-familiar/comment-page-1#comment-47023
Gorden RussellMon, 29 Oct 2012 15:27:26 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=168892#comment-47023"...not for help getting dressed, eating and bathing, or for social activities..."
Bathing? Well of course I don't want a robot to scrub my junk...but it is getting harder and harder to get between my toes as I age. I'm not getting any taller, yet my feet seem to get farther and farther away with each passing year. My wife can't reach her feet at all any more and it breaks my back washing them for her. I wouldn't kick a robot out of the house for scrubbing my back and my feet.“…not for help getting dressed, eating and bathing, or for social activities…”

Bathing? Well of course I don’t want a robot to scrub my junk…but it is getting harder and harder to get between my toes as I age. I’m not getting any taller, yet my feet seem to get farther and farther away with each passing year. My wife can’t reach her feet at all any more and it breaks my back washing them for her. I wouldn’t kick a robot out of the house for scrubbing my back and my feet.